Sayonara

Plot

Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver is reassigned to a Japanese air base and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily, a by-the-book officer, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man, Joe Kelly, falls in love with a Japanese woman, Katsumi, and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.

About Sayonara

Sayonara is a 1957 American romantic drama film directed by Joshua Logan, adapted by Paul Osborn from James A. Michener's 1954 novel. It stars Marlon Brando, Patricia Owens, James Garner, Martha Scott, Miyoshi Umeki, Red Buttons, Miiko Taka and Ricardo Montalbán. It tells the story of an American Air Force pilot during the Korean War who falls in love with a famous Japanese dancer. "Sayonara" is the Japanese word for goodbye. Unlike many 1950s romantic dramas, Sayonara deals squarely with racism and prejudice. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 25, 1957, to critical acclaim and commercial success. At the 30th Academy Awards the film was nominated in ten categories and won four, including Best Supporting Actor for Buttons and Best Supporting Actress for Umeki. The latter award made Umeki the first East Asia-born woman to win an Oscar.

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